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Notice PaperNo. 277 Wednesday, February 7, 2024 2:00 p.m. |
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Introduction of Government Bills |
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Introduction of Private Members' Bills |
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Notices of Motions (Routine Proceedings) |
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| February 6, 2024 — Mr. McCauley (Edmonton West) — That the 35th report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, presented on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, be concurred in. |
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| February 6, 2024 — Mr. Perkins (South Shore—St. Margarets) — That the 12th report of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, presented on Wednesday, December 13, 2023, be concurred in. |
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| February 6, 2024 — Mr. Perkins (South Shore—St. Margarets) — That the 13th report of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, presented on Wednesday, December 13, 2023, be concurred in. |
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| February 6, 2024 — Mr. Waugh (Saskatoon—Grasswood) — That the eighth report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, presented on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, be concurred in. |
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| Q-22792 — February 6, 2024 — Mr. MacGregor (Cowichan—Malahat—Langford) — With regard to the mandate and responsibilities of the Grocery Task Force, broken down by month since its inception: (a) what are the details of all engagements with governments and consumer advocacy stakeholders, including the (i) date of engagement, (ii) purpose of engagement, (iii) name of the organization or government being engaged, (iv) activities being coordinated; (b) what are the details of all engagements with external partners, experts, and industry representatives to undertake analysis, including the (i) date of engagement, (ii) purpose of engagement, (iii) partner, expert, or representative being engaged; (c) what work has been done with consumer groups to report findings to Canadians, including the (i) date that work was initiated, (ii) consumer group with which work was done, (iii) details of the findings that resulted in work, (iv) date on which those findings were reported to Canadians; and (d) what grocery-related information has the task force shared with Canadians to help them make informed marketplace choices? |
| Q-22802 — February 6, 2024 — Mr. MacGregor (Cowichan—Malahat—Langford) — With regard to the mandate and responsibilities of the Grocery Task Force, broken down by month since its inception: (a) what is the total number of investigations initiated by the Grocery Task Force into practices that hurt consumers; (b) of the investigations in (a), how many investigations concluded that consumers were being harmed; and (c) what are the details of all investigations into practices that hurt consumers that have been initiated by the Task Force in (a), including, the (i) name of the grocer being investigated, (ii) conduct being investigated, (iii) date that the investigation began, (iv) date that the investigation concluded? |
| Q-22812 — February 6, 2024 — Mrs. Goodridge (Fort McMurray—Cold Lake) — With regard to vehicles owned by Parks Canada: (a) how many vehicles does Parks Canada own, in total and broken down by National Park, Historic Site or other location where the vehicle is based out of; and (b) of the vehicles in (a), how many are electric vehicles, in total and broken down by National Park, Historic Site or other location where the vehicle is based out of? |
| Q-22822 — February 6, 2024 — Mr. Waugh (Saskatoon—Grasswood) — With regard to the March 31, 2023 announcement by the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry that the government secured legally binding commitments from Rogers and Videotron: (a) what is the current status of each commitment; (b) for each commitment that has been completed, on what date was the government notified of its completion; (c) for each commitment that has not yet been completed, by what date does the government expect it to be completed; and (d) for each of the job creation commitments included in the announcement, how many jobs have been created to date? |
| Q-22832 — February 6, 2024 — Mr. Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby) — With regard to evictions data collected by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, since January 1, 2006: how many evictions occurred in Canada, broken down by province or territory and by year? |
| Q-22842 — February 6, 2024 — Mr. Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby) — With regard to federal childcare investments, since October 1, 2021: (a) how many new childcare spaces have been built as a result of federal funding, broken down by province or territory, and by year; and (b) how many early childhood educators have been trained or hired as a result of federal funding, broken down by province or territory, and by year? |
| Q-22852 — February 6, 2024 — Mr. Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby) — With regard to federal investments to private sector pharmaceutical companies, since January 1, 2006: how much federal funding has been provided, broken down by company and by year? |
| Q-22862 — February 6, 2024 — Mr. Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable) — With regard to the Port of Montreal, broken down by year, since 2019: (a) how many stolen vehicles does the government estimate have arrived at or passed through the port; and (b) of the stolen vehicles in (a), how many did the (i) Port of Montreal, (ii) RCMP, (iii) Canada Border Services Agency, seize before they were transported aboard? |
| Q-22872 — February 6, 2024 — Mr. Allison (Niagara West) — With regard to the government's purchase of COVID-19 vaccines, beginning January 1, 2020: (a) which companies did the government purchase the vaccines from; (b) for each company in (a), (i) how many vaccines were purchased, in total and broken down by type of vaccine, (ii) how much was each company paid by the government for each order placed, (iii) where is each company headquartered, (iv) in what city and country did each company manufacture the vaccines; and (c) what is the breakdown of each vaccine purchased and how many were (i) distributed domestically, (ii) distributed internationally, broken down by country, (iii) not used or destroyed due to expiration or other factors? |
| Q-22882 — February 6, 2024 — Mr. Allison (Niagara West) — With regard to the government's purchase of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, beginning January 1, 2020: (a) which companies did the government purchase PPE from; and (b) for each company in (a), (i) how much equipment was purchased, in total and broken down by type of PPE, (ii) how much was each company paid by the government for the equipment, (iii) where is each company headquartered, (iv) in what city and country did each company manufacture the PPE? |
| Q-22892 — February 6, 2024 — Mr. Allison (Niagara West) — With regard to the government's COVID-19 vaccine mandates: since August 13, 2021, how many people were denied Employment Insurance benefits for the sole reason of their COVID-19 vaccine status? |
| Q-22902 — February 6, 2024 — Mr. Allison (Niagara West) — With regard to the government's purchase of COVID-19 rapid tests, since January 1, 2020: (a) which specific companies did the government purchase these tests from; (b) how many tests did the government purchase from each company; (c) how much was each company paid by the government for the tests; (d) where is each of the companies in (a) headquartered; and (e) in what city and country did each company manufacture the COVID-19 rapid tests? |
| Q-22912 — February 6, 2024 — Mr. Masse (Windsor West) — With regard to the Housing Accelerator Fund and the decision to not fund the city of Windsor, Ontario (Ontario’s application), due to the decision to not change their zoning bylaws to include four units on any residential property as-of-right: (a) did the Government of Canada refuse all applications from municipalities that presented alternative plans which included allowing a minimum of four units on other properties not currently listed as-of-right; (b) how many, and which municipalities were denied funding due to not changing their current zoning requirements to permit four units on any residential property as-of-right; (c) what consultations, and with whom, took place to create a different density planning formula than the one established in Ontario which permits threeplexes; (d) what studies or evaluations were done to determine that the city of Windsor required a density increase to fourplexes to use these funds; (e) without the change to fourplexes, would the city of Windsor have been able to use the funds if approved in terms of places available to build; and (f) was consideration given to municipalities based on statistics of poverty, gender-led households, race, ethnicity, first nations and children per household? |
| Q-22922 — February 6, 2024 — Mr. Masse (Windsor West) — With regard to the sales and transfers of military equipment and weapons from Canada to Israel and in light of the International Court of Justice determination that Israel is carrying out a plausible genocide in Gaza and has issued several orders to Israel: (a) what military equipment and weapons has the government of Canada sent or approved to be sent to Israel since October 7, 2023; (b) what military equipment and weapons has the government of Canada sent and/or approved to be sent to Israel since January 26, 2024; (c) what military equipment and weapons has the government of Canada rejected sending to Israel since October 7, 2023; (d) what military equipment and weapons has the government of Canada rejected sending to Israel since January 26, 2024; (e) what surveillance equipment has the government of Canada sent or approved to be sent to Israel since October 7, 2023; (f) what surveillance equipment has the government of Canada sent or approved to be sent to Israel since January 26, 2024; (g) what surveillance equipment has the government of Canada rejected sending to Israel since October 7, 2023; (h) what surveillance equipment has the government of Canada rejected sending to Israel since January 26, 2024; (i) what is the monetary value of the military equipment and weapons the government of Canada has sent to Israel since October 7, 2023; (j) what is the monetary value of the surveillance equipment the government of Canada has sent to Israel since October 7, 2023; (k) what is the monetary value of the surveillance equipment, military equipment and weapons the government of Canada sent to Israel in 2021, 2022, and 2023; (l) what surveillance equipment, military equipment and weapons the government of Canada sent to Israel in 2021, 2022, and 2023; (m) as a signatory to the Genocide Convention, has the government of Canada taken legal advice to comply with the orders that the International Court of Justice has issued to Israel and to ensure the government of Canada does not contravene them; and (n) what plan, if any, has the Government of Canada, to comply with the orders of the International Court of Jusice? |
| Q-22932 — February 6, 2024 — Ms. Gazan (Winnipeg Centre) — With regard to access to abortion care funded under the Canada Health Act, broken down by province or territory from 2015 to present: (a) how many hospitals provide safe abortion care services funded by the federal government; (b) how many clinics provide safe abortion care services funded by the federal government; (c) which municipalities with a population of 50,000 or more (i) did not have access to a hospital or clinic offering safe abortion care services funded by the federal government within 100 kilometers driving distance, (ii) did not have a hospital or clinic offering safe abortion care services funded by the federal government accessible by public transportation; and (d) which municipalities with a population under 50,000 (i) did not have access to a hospital or clinic offering safe abortion care services funded by the federal government within 100 kilometers driving distance, (ii) did not have a hospital or clinic offering safe abortion care services funded by the federal government accessible by public transportation? |
| Q-2294 — February 6, 2024 — Ms. Gazan (Winnipeg Centre) — With regard to funding included in the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence, broken down by province or territory since the program was initiated: (a) how much of the allocated $539.3 million in funding has been committed to date; (b) how much of the allocated $539.3 million in funding has been spent to date; (c) which organizations have received funding from this program; (d) how much funding has each program recipient received; and (e) how many women or girls have been recipients of programs, services or actions associated with this National Action Plan, broken down by those (i) who identify as Indigenous, (ii) who identify as Black or racialized, (iii) who are immigrants or refugees, (iv) who are Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, plus people (2SLGBTQI+), (v) with disabilities, (vi) living in northern, rural, and remote communities? |
| Q-22952 — February 6, 2024 — Ms. Gazan (Winnipeg Centre) — With regard to Reaching Home: Canada's Homelessness Strategy, broken down by province and territory from its inception in 2019 to present: (a) how much of the funding allocated to the program has been committed to date, broken down by its four funding streams, the (i) Designated Communities stream, (ii) Rural and Remote Homelessness stream, (iii) Territorial Homelessness stream, (iv) Indigenous Homelessness stream; (b) how much of the allocated funding has been spent to date, broken down by its four funding streams, the (i) Designated Communities stream, (ii) Rural and Remote Homelessness stream, (iii) Territorial Homelessness stream, (iv) Indigenous Homelessness stream; (c) how many people have been recipients of programs or services associated with Reaching Home, broken down by (i) gender, (ii) status as Indigenous, (iii) self-identified as Black or racialized, (iv) status as immigrant or refugee (v) self-identified as Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, plus (2SLGBTQI+), (vi) lived with a disability, (vii) lived with a substance use disorder, (viii) lived with unmet mental health needs? |
| Q-22962 — February 6, 2024 — Ms. Gazan (Winnipeg Centre) — With regard to childcare workers spanning from 2017 to present, broken down by province and territory: (a) what was the total number of childcare workers, broken down by (i) self-identified gender, (ii) self-identified racial background, (iii) self-identified status as Indigenous, (iv) status as immigrant or refugee, (v) self-identified Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, plus (2SLGBTQI+), (vi) self-identified as living with a disability, (vii) resided in an urban region, (viii) resided in a Northern, rural, or remote region, (ix) income tax bracket, (x) education level; (b) what was the median income of childcare workers, broken down by (i) self-identified gender, (ii) self-identified racial background, (iii) self-identified status as Indigenous, (iv) status as immigrant or refugee, (v) self-identified 2SLGBTQI+, (vi) self-identified as living with a disability, (vii) resided in an urban region, (viii) resided in a Northern, rural, or remote region, (ix) education level; and (c) what job-related benefits were childcare workers entitled to, broken down by (i) self-identified gender, (ii) self-identified racial background, (iii) self-identified status as Indigenous, (iv) status as immigrant or refugee, (v) self-identified 2SLGBTQI+, (vi) self-identified as living with a disability, (vii) resided in an urban region, (viii) resided in a Northern, rural, or remote region, (ix) education level? |
Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers |
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Business of Supply |
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| February 6, 2024 — Mr. Thériault (Montcalm) — That the House: |
| (a) reaffirm that health is a jurisdiction of Quebec and the provinces; |
| (b) acknowledge that on March 30, 2023, the Quebec National Assembly passed a unanimous motion stating that it “supports the Government of Quebec in its request to the federal government to obtain unconditional financial compensation equivalent to its fair share of the federal dental care program funds”; |
| (c) acknowledge that on December 11, 2023, the Government of Quebec, through its minister responsible for Canadian affairs, declared itself “willing to negotiate an agreement to enhance its plan”; |
| (d) acknowledge that public dental coverage in Quebec is administered by the Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec, or RAMQ, a public agency, while claims under the Canadian dental care plan are handled by the private insurance company Sun Life; and |
| (e) call on the government to immediately and unconditionally pay Quebec its fair share of federal dental care funding. |
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| Mr. Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly) and Mr. Therrien (La Prairie) — February 6, 2024 |
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| February 6, 2024 — Mr. Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean) — That the House: |
| (a) recall its unanimous vote of November 1, 2023, calling on the government “to review its immigration targets starting in 2024, after consultation with Quebec, the provinces and territories, based on their integration capacity, particularly in terms of housing, health care, education, French language training and transportation infrastructure, all with a view to successful immigration”; |
| (b) call on the Prime Minister to convene a meeting with the first ministers of Quebec, the provinces and the territories in order to consult them on their respective integration capacities; and |
| (c) call on the government to table in the House, within 100 days, a plan for revising federal immigration targets in 2024 based on the integration capacity of Quebec, the provinces and the territories. |
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| Mr. Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly) and Mr. Therrien (La Prairie) — February 6, 2024 |
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| February 6, 2024 — Ms. Pauzé (Repentigny) — That the House call on the government to: |
| (a) abandon its plans for a near-surface nuclear waste disposal facility at the Chalk River Laboratories site; |
| (b) implement a plan to clean up the marshes surrounding the Laboratories in order to protect the water table and the Ottawa River; and |
| (c) propose, after consulting the public, cities, Quebec, Ontario and First Nations, a nuclear waste management solution based on a long-term vision and in line with the recommendations of the International Atomic Energy Agency. |
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| Mr. Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly) and Mr. Therrien (La Prairie) — February 6, 2024 |
Government Business |
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Private Members' Notices of Motions |
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Private Members' Business |
| C-332 — November 9, 2023 — Resuming consideration of the motion of Ms. Collins (Victoria), seconded by Ms. Gazan (Winnipeg Centre), — That Bill C-332, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (controlling or coercive conduct), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. |
| Pursuant to Standing Order 86(3), jointly seconded by: |
| Ms. Gazan (Winnipeg Centre) — November 7, 2023 |
| Debate — one hour remaining, pursuant to Standing Order 93(1). |
| Voting — at the expiry of the time provided for debate, pursuant to Standing Order 93(1). |
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| 2 Response requested within 45 days |
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